An edition of Hong Kong movers and stayers (2010)

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narratives of family migration

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University of Illinois Press
Language
English
Pages
259

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Subjects

Families, Chinese, Social aspects, Immigrants, Migrations, Emigration and immigration, Social conditions, Family relationships, Biography, Family, china, Immigrants, china, Hong kong (china), biography, China, emigration and immigration, Hong kong (china), social conditions

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China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

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Hong Kong movers and stayers: narratives of family migration
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Table of Contents

Institutional theory and family migration
Hong Kong's institutional background
pt. 1. Cosmopolitan emigrants
The Luk family : exit and return of emigrant planners
The Chou and Leung families : immigrant entrepreneurs
Francis Kwong : the professional's dilemma
pt. 2. The rooted : ties to Hong Kong deter migration
The Gung family : Hong Kong locals
The Ongs : a nonemigrant trading family
Brian Wan : the extended family emigrates
pt. 3. Working class families : unlikely emigrants
The Szeto family : nowhere to run
The Hung family : cancelled migration dreams
The Chia brothers : constructing Hong Kong as the place to be
Conclusion: Movers and stayers.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Series
Studies of world migrations, Studies of world migrations

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Dewey Decimal Class
304.8095125
Library of Congress
JV8758 .S25 2010, JV8758.S25 2010

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Pagination
viii, 259 p. ;
Number of pages
259

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OL24533535M
ISBN 10
0252035186, 0252077040
ISBN 13
9780252035180, 9780252077043
LCCN
2009027064
OCLC/WorldCat
426065891

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